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174 174

Edison, the wizard : the story of the world's greatest inventor

Jan 3, 2018 01/18

by Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Caption title
Topics: Anecdotes, Inventors, Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

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348 348

Navigazione [manuscript]

Sep 30, 2016 09/16

by Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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With short philosophical treatise on God : Oppinioni filosofiche d'Iddio ; in Italian
Topic: Navigation

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364 364

Electricity [manuscript]

Oct 26, 2016 10/16

by Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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With a lecture on fractures and brain surgery, dated Feb. 28, 1801, (13 p.)
Topics: Electricity, Medicine

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505 505

Synopsis rei liquefactoriae generalis et particularis et principia metallurgiae, principaliores metallurgicorum process[?] complectens manipulationes [manuscript]

Dec 17, 2016 12/16

by Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 505

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Spine title: Lectiones metallurgiae
Topic: Metallurgy

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747 747

Auctoritates extracte ex Libris phi[losophorum] ; et p[rim]o ex libro p[rim]o metaphi[si]c[o]r[um] [manuscript]

Oct 6, 2015 10/15

by Aristotle; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 747

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topics: Medicine, Medieval, Science, Medicine, Ancient

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310 310

Philosophiae pars [quarta] [manuscript] : seu mathesis

Jul 29, 2016 07/16

by Mazeus; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Manuscript description attached
Topic: Geometry

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426 426

Traité de mechanique [manuscript]

Aug 18, 2017 08/17

by Guinée, M; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topic: Mechanics

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426 426

Arithmetic [manuscript]

Nov 2, 2015 11/15

by Knight, E; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 426

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topic: Arithmetic

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381 381

Physica [manuscript]

Sep 28, 2015 09/15

by Marty, Antonio; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 381

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Bound with two printed texts : T̲h̲e̲s̲e̲s̲ m̲a̲t̲h̲e̲m̲a̲t̲i̲c̲a̲s̲ by Joannes Delmas with Marty as arbiter, Paris : Seguy-Thiboust, 1788 ; and E̲l̲e̲m̲e̲n̲t̲a̲ m̲a̲t̲h̲e̲s̲e̲o̲s̲
Topics: Physics, Astronomy, Optics

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1,026 1.0K

Incipit arithmeticha boetij [manuscript]

Jul 16, 2014 07/14

by Boethius, -524; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 1,026

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topics: Early works to 1900, Arithmetic

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684 684

Liber Boetij [manuscript] [14--?]

May 19, 2016 05/16

by Boethius, -524; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 684

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Title from colophon, leaf 45v, which reads: Explicit liber Boetij. Deo gra[tia]s ammen. A. S. C
Topics: Philosophy and religion, Happiness, Palimpsests

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328 328

Ad phisica introducio [manuscript]

Aug 18, 2017 08/17

by Bussius, Petrus; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topic: Physics

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202 202

Memorandum of Agreement [specifications for a locomotive steam engine] [manuscript]

Oct 26, 2016 10/16

by Jackson, Richard; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 202

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topics: Steam-engines, Design and construction

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945 945

Aritmetices, algebrae ac geometriae institutiones [manuscript]

Sep 30, 2015 09/15

by Revelli, Philippo; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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T.p. : Gasparis Antonii Manera clerici / 1757
Topics: Arithmetic, Algebra, Early works to 1800, Geometry

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300 300

Elementa geometriae tum planae, tum solidae [manuscript] : a Joanne Camera Plumbinensi semis sondiorum causa commorante, exaraba, abque ab admodum Re'do Do[mi]no Josepho Fontani S. & Theologiae Doctore explicata A.D. 1756

Sep 20, 2017 09/17

by Fontana, Josephus; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topic: Geometry

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637 637

Elementa phisicae [manuscript]

May 17, 2016 05/16

by Speri, Joseph; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 637

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statement of responsibility: ab admodum r[evere]ndo do[mi]no Joseph Speri in Seminario Archiepiscopali S. Georgii philosophiae et S. theologiae lectore, preclarissime explicata, ac a Joanne Camera Plumbinensi exarata
Topic: Physics

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3,105 3.1K

Smith's illustrated astronomy : designed for the use of the public or common schools in the United States ; illustrated with numerous original diagrams

Apr 29, 2015 04/15

by Smith, Asa; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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statement of responsibility: by Asa Smith
Topic: Astronomy

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338 338

Gründtlicher Bericht vom Gebraüch des gevierten geometrischen Instruments alle höhe weite lenge und teiffe abzumessen Dessgleichen vom Feldmessen [manuscript] : wie man den inhalt eines jeden stück feldes rechnen und finden soll

Jul 21, 2016 07/16

by Mayer, Daniel; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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statement of responsibility: beschrieben durch Daniel Maÿern.
Topics: Surveying, Instruments, Area measurement, Early works to 1800

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276 276

Cours de magnetisme [manuscript] : commencé le 4 juin 1785

Jun 30, 2017 06/17

by Gervier, R.P; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 276

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Index in middle of volume
Topic: Animal magnetism

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658 658

Breve compendium philosophiae [manuscript]

Jan 4, 2017 01/17

by Dumas, Bernard; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 658

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statement of responsibility: Bernardi Dumas
Topic: Science

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

176 176

Manual of electro-metallurgy / by George Shaw.

Jan 25, 2016 01/16

by Shaw, George; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 176

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On t.p. verso: Birmingham : Alfred Allen, Printer ..
Topic: Electrometallurgy

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606 606

The flying man, or, The adventures of a young inventor

Nov 24, 2014 11/14

by Kennedy, Harry; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 606

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statement of responsibility: by Harry Kennedy

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534 534

Traité du grand oeuvre, ou, Troisième partie du testament de Frère Basile Valentin [manuscript.]

Oct 21, 2016 10/16

by Basilius Valentinus; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 534

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Pages 1-2 replaced from copy in Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal by previous owner, Dr. Marc Haven
Topic: Alchemy

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359 359

Drafts of surveys, sketches, and calculations of improvements [manuscript]

Jul 21, 2016 07/16

by Gilpin, Thomas; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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statement of responsibility: by Thomas Gilpin, gent
Topic: Canals

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208 208

Memoria sopra un nuovo termometro / [manuscript]

Jul 29, 2016 07/16

by Vecchi, Domenico de; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 208

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statement of responsibility: del [?] Domenico Vecchie ; [Memoria] ; [Correzione della altezze barometriche per mezzo del termometro] ; [Memoria sopra un nuovo magnetometrografo]
Topics: Barometers, Thermometers, Temperature measurements

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

377 377

La télégraphie historique : depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours

Nov 4, 2016 11/16

by Belloc, Alexis, 1840-; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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statement of responsibility: AlexisBelloc ... ; ouvrage illlustré de 76 gravures
Topics: Telegraph, History

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

319 319

Inuentioni di Gio. Battista Isacchi da Reggio : nelle quali si manifestano varij secreti, & vtiliauisi a persone di guerra, e per i tempi di piacere ..

Apr 14, 2018 04/18

by Isacchi, Giovanni Battista; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Signatures: a-b⁴ A-Y⁴ Z²
Topics: Weapons, Armor, Military art and science

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

375 375

[Discorso della philosofia naturale e morale] [manuscript]

Feb 24, 2016 02/16

by Porfidus, Marcus Antonius; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topics: Physics, Ethics, Early works to 1800

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

311 311

La forza della leva [manuscript]

Sep 6, 2017 09/17

by Carapecchia, Romano Fortunato; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 311

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Provenance: Bern Dibner (donor)
Topic: Mechanical engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

111 111

Description of the galvanic chronographic apparatus of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich : forming the appendix to the Greenwich Observations, 1856

Dec 19, 2016 12/16

by Royal Observatory, Greenwich; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Cover title
Topics: Chronograph, Astronomical clocks

American Libraries

1,180 1.2K

Die Kabeltelegraphie

Jul 20, 2009 07/09

by Jüllig, Maximilian, 1854-; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Topics: Telegraph cables, Telegraph, Cables, Submarine
Source: http://books.google.com/books?id=Y-QOAAAAYAAJ&oe=UTF-8

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

3,734 3.7K

Airopaidia: containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage: hints on the improvement of balloons ... to which is subjoined mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables. The whole serving as an introduction to aërial navigation. With a copious index

Mar 4, 2015 03/15

by Baldwin, Thomas, aeronaut; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 3,734

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statement of responsibility: By Thomas Baldwin, Esq, A.M.
Topics: Aeronautics, Balloons

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

264 264

Beredeneerd onderwijs in de wiskunde [manuscript]

Sep 29, 2017 09/17

by Blackburn, Hugh, Mrs; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 264

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At foot of title page: W.W.P. Sc., 1749
Topics: Geometry, Trigonometry

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210 210

Mémoire sur l'etablissement de lignes télégraphiques en Chine

Mar 18, 2017 03/17

by Viguier, S. A; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 210

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Chinese text, 66 p. at end, printed on rice paper
Topic: Telegraph

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Nova scientia

Sep 11, 2017 09/17

by Tartaglia, Niccolò, -1557; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 1,225

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Illustrated t.p
Topics: Mechanics, Ballistics, Early works to 1800

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1,071 1.1K

Vorläuflige instruction über zusammensetzung gebrauch des Luftschifferparks [manuscript]

Nov 19, 2015 11/15

by Schimpf, Emil, b. 1857; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 1,071

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Signed at end: Schimpff, second Lieutenant im Badischen Pionier Bataillon Nr. 14
Topics: Airships, Aeronautics, Military

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290 290

Elettricismo atmosferico lettere

Jan 16, 2018 01/18

by Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 290

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Signatures: 2⁴ a² A-V⁴ X-Y² Z-3A⁴ 3B⁶; leaf 3B₅ signed Ccc
Topics: Atmospheric electricity, Electricity

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283 283

De percussione et legibus motus corporum percussorum libellus [manuscript]

Mar 9, 2016 03/16

by Placentinus, Jacobus, 1673-1762; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 283

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statement of responsibility: auctore viro doctissimo clarissimoque Jacobo Placentino in Patavina Universitate Libri tertii Avicennae interprete
Topic: Physics

Biodiversity Heritage Library

1,002 1.0K

Georgii Agricolae De ortu & causis subterraneorum, lib. V ; De natura eorum quæ effluunt ex terra, lib. IIII ; De natura fossilium, lib. X ; De ueteribus & nouis metallis, lib. II ; Bermannus, siue De re metallica dialogus, lib. I

Jul 19, 2017 07/17

by Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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First published in 1546
Topics: Geology, Paleontology, Mineralogy

Biodiversity Heritage Library

947 947

Strata identified by organized fossils : containing prints on colored paper of the most characteristic specimens in each stratum

Sep 15, 2015 09/15

by Smith, William, 1769-1839; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 947

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statement of responsibility: by William Smith, mineral surveyor
Topics: Geology, Stratigraphic, Geology

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

207 207

Rote perpetue, per le quali si puo con qual numero di due dadi si voglia : overo con due dadi secondo l'horologio d'Italia : ritrouar quando si fà la Luna : le Feste mobili : la Patta : l'Aureo numero : l'Indittione, la Lettera domenicale col bisesto et in che giorno entra il principio d'ogni mese

Jan 11, 2018 01/18

by Cataneo, Girolamo, 16th cent; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

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Date 1562 from dedication: leaf [2] recto
Topics: Perpetual calendars, Church calendar, Calendar

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619 619

Vegetation of metals [manuscript]

Jan 20, 2016 01/16

by Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 619

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Spine title
Topic: Chemistry

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654 654

Francisci Vietæi Opera mathematica : in quibus tractatur Canon mathematicus, seu ad triangula : item canonion triangulorum latetum rationalium, vnà cum Vniuersalium inspectionum ad canonem mathematicum, libro singulari

Sep 15, 2017 09/17

by Viète, François, 1540-1603; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 654

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A reissue of the 1579 ed. printed at Paris by J. Mettayer; in Dibner copy, only the t.p. to Universalium inspectionum ad canonem mathematicum and the final folding plate retain the Paris imprint
Topics: Mathematics, Trigonometry

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

4,362 4.4K

Trattato d'ottica [manuscript]

Jan 15, 2016 01/16

by Veneziani, Giuseppe, 1772-1853; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 4,362

favorite 1

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statement of responsibility: dell'Abbate Giuseppe Veneziani, Professore di Fisica-Mathematica.
Topic: Optics

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

545 545

Delle gemme che produce la natura della qualita [manuscript]

Oct 21, 2016 10/16

by Dolce, Lodovico, 1508-1568; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 545

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With an incomplete treatise on the significance of images carved on gems
Topics: Gem carving, Gems

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

1,067 1.1K

The Regimen [manuscript]

Aug 27, 2014 08/14

by Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 1,067

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Partial transcription laid in
Topic: Alchemy

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

2,992 3.0K

[De proprietatibus rerum] [manuscript]

Jun 29, 2017 06/17

by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, 13th century; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 2,992

favorite 11

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On vellum with initials rubricated in red and blue; page one of text has two illuminated initial letters and marginal decorations with figures
Topics: Science, Medieval, Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

827 827

Cronica de matematici, overo Epitome dell'istoria delle vite loro

Jun 22, 2012 06/12

by Baldi, Bernardino, 1553-1617; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 827

favorite 3

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Signatures: pi⁴ [dagger]⁴ A-R⁴ S⁶ T⁴
Topic: Mathematicians

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

3,466 3.5K

Cosmographicus liber Petri Apiani mathematici studiose collectus

Jan 23, 2012 01/12

by Apian, Peter, 1495-1552; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 3,466

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Signatures: A-N⁴
Topic: Cosmography

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives - Digital Library

509 509

A commonplace book [manuscript]

Jul 29, 2016 07/16

by Payson, Phillips, 1705-1778; Burndy Library, donor. DSI

eye 509

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Spine title: Common Place Book
Topics: Theology, History

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